Technology And Work In German Industry
1st Edition
Book
Hardback
600 pages
978-0-8133-1425-9 (ISBN)
Description
Discussing projects carried out under the auspices of the Institute for Social Research in Munich, the contributors to this volume provide an analysis of recent thinking on the future of industrial work in Germany. Issues covered include the development of industrial work, the manufacture and use of new technologies, CIM and trends in work organization in different industrial branches, qualification and training as both a precondition and consequence of the design of work and technology, the transformation of inter-company divisions of labour, and the relationship between new technologies and industrial relations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-1425-9 (9780813314259)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Concepts; development and application of new technologies; CIM and organizational change in the mechanical engineering industries; restructuring of work in mass production industries; job structures and skill formation; large and small firms; new technologies and industrial relations. (part contents)